The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless. When tragedy strikes, one of the seven friends is found dead. But when the teachers change up the casting, a good-natured rivalry turns ugly, and the plays spill dangerously over into life. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened ten years ago.Īs a young actor studying Shakespeare at an elite arts conservatory, Oliver noticed that his talented classmates seem to play the same roles onstage and off - villain, hero, tyrant, temptress - though Oliver felt doomed to always be a secondary character in someone else's story.
On the day he's released, he's greeted by the detective who put him in prison. Oliver Marks has just served ten years for the murder of one of his closest friends - a murder he may or may not have committed.
Not knowing who, not knowing how, not knowing why. I lean forward on my elbows, so my face is only a few inches from his, so he hears every word when I lower my voice. Waterstones Thriller of the Month for May 2018
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